Clitobius oblongiusculus ( Fairmaire, 1875 )

Lillig, Martin, 2021, Clitobius grimmi sp. n. from Egypt with notes on C. oblongiusculus (Fairmaire 1875) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae), Zootaxa 5082 (5), pp. 476-484 : 477

Clitobius oblongiusculus ( Fairmaire, 1875)

Figs 3, 4 , 6 , 9, 10 .

Halonomus oblongiusculus Fairmaire, 1875: 495, 1879b: 196 (redescription).

= Halonomus lineicollis Fairmaire, 1879a: 4 .

Clitobius lineicollis (Fairmaire, 1879) : Fairmaire (1885: CCVI). Synonymy by Löbl et al. (2008: 261).

= Halonomus schneideri Allard, 1882 : LXXXVI. Synonymy with H. lineicollis by Fairmaire (1885: CCVI).

Clitobius (Halonomus) Schneideri Allard, 1883 [sic!]. Synonymy with H. oblongiusculus by Bedel (1897: 36).

= Clitobius ovatus borkouensis Pierre, 1961: 1043 . Synonymy by Purchart & Kamiński (2017: 148).

Examined material. Type material. Lectotype of H. lineicollis Fairmaire, 1879 , ♂ (here designated). “Hedjaz / Halonomus / lineicollis. / Type. Fairm. // Halonomus / lineicollis // F. Bates / 81·19 // LECTOTYPUS / Halonomus / lineicollis Fairmaire / des. M. Lillig, 2021“ ( BMNH).

Note. It is unclear from the original description of Halomenus lineicollis whether the description was based on one or several specimens. Therefore a lectotype for H. lineicollis is designated following Recommendation 73F (“Avoidance of assumption of holotype ”) of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ( ICZN 1999).

Additional material: “ Arabia // F. Bates / 81·19“ ( BMNH) ; “ Egypt. / F. Morey. / 1902-235. // Jan. 02 / desert / Helouan” 1 ex. ( BMNH) ; “ Helouan. / nr. Cairo. / F. Morey. // Clitobius / schneideri All. / teste E.A.N.”, 1 ex. ( BMNH) ; “ Suez. / J. J. Walker / G.C. Champion Coll. / B.M. 1927-409.”, 2 exx. ( BMNH) ; “ Ismailia // Sharp Coll. / 1905-313”, 1 ex. ( BMHN) ; “ BAHRAIN, Albudaiya / Agri Affairs / 16/ii/2009, Isa, Ali // Clitobius oblongiusculus / ( Fairmaire, 1875) / det. M V L Barclay 2013” 1 ex. ( BMNH) ; “ Persia / Sharp Coll. / 1905-313”, 1 ex. ( BMNH) ; “ Mesopotamia. / Amara. / P. Harwood. / 1920.-75. // Clitobius / oblongiusculus Frm. / det. K.G. Blair ”, 1 ex. ( BMNH) ; “ TURKEY SE / Çukurova Delta 2003 / leg. Gökhan & Nadine / Aydin ”, 2 exx. ( MLSG) ; “ Halonomus / Schneideri / Sinai / Oudy Athal / 13.2.02 // Reitter / Determ. 3 // MUSEUM PARIS / Coll. P. de Peyerimhoff / 1950 // ♀ // MNHN, Paris / EC13562 resp. 13563”, 2 exx. ( MNHN) ; “ Hal. lineicollis / (Schneideri) / Mer Morte / 24.3.02 // MUSEUM PARIS / Coll. P. de Peyerimhoff / 1950 // MNHN, Paris / EC13565”, 1 ex. ( MNHN) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Habitus of Clitobius spp.: C. grimmi sp. n.: (1) in dorsal view; (2) in ventral view; C. oblongiusculus: (3) in dorsal view; (4) in ventral view.

FIGURES 5–6. Fore body: (5) Clitobius grimmi sp. n.; (6) C. oblongiusculus.

FIGURES 7–10. Aedeagus: Clitobius grimmi sp. n.: (7) in ventral view; (8) in lateral view; C. oblongiusculus: (9) in ventral view; (10) in lateral view.